Street Art #113, Buff Monster & Hippozoonomadon, Montreal (Canada)
I had already made a post on this mural (Street Art #8 but the city of Montreal has improved the small street where is the mural in a place paying tribute to Joseph-Édouard Guilbault with some pink hippotamuses (which go very well with the mural !).
WHERE
On Boulevard Saint Laurent and rue Guibault, Montréal, Canada.
WHO
Buff Monster
Barry McGee, Buff Monster, is an American artist who has begun to be known with his hand-screened posters that he installed all over the streets of Los Angeles. His work is characterized by brightly colored characters, with happy expressions living in pink landscapes.
Joseph-Édouard Guilbault (1803-1885)
Botanist, impresario... It's in this area, at the corner of Avenue des Pins and Boulevard Saint-Laurent, that Joseph-Édouard Guilbault created the first botanical garden in Montreal. In 1862, he invited the circus Hippozoonomadon.
WHEN
- 2018. Still visible
Sources
My Old Posts about Street Art
#112 Bros, Montreal, Canada
#111 Adelsa, Big Maské, Lyon, France
#110 Ella & Pitr, Saint-Etienne, France
#109 Dom Mateo & Brusk, Lyon, France
#108 Black Messenger & ERPI, Lyon, France
Awesome. Nice that the city embraces art spaces. Even if hippos aren't directly related they seem to compliment each other nicely.
The integration mural/hippo is well done (the team behind the project ARKAD Productions).
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